Media Journal- March 28

Here is my media recount of March 28.
I awoke and opened my laptop to check my Facebook page, as I do usually each morning. After scrolling through posts briefly, I got ready for class. With the spare time I had left, I glanced through the Northwest Arkansas Times/Arkansas Democrat Gazette, paying the most attention to the stories concerning the recent defense of marriage and photo ID bills that the Arkansas legislature passed recently. A story in the Northwest Arkansas section about Fort Smith city directors rejecting an ordinance to ban well-drilling near a neighborhood that has seen its groundwater contaminated by it also caught my eye. In my first class (Media and Society, believe it or not), I took notes off of a powerpoint presentation about the major international news organizations. After class, I took advantage of my regular 1 1/2 hour break to work on various homework assignments on my laptop, including my Philosophy paper and a Mathematical Reasoning assignment, which both required using the web in order to research  the various topics these assignments concern. After the break and my mathematical reasoning class, in which we answered questions out of a textbook, I returned home, listening to student-run KXUA on the way. At home, I checked Facebook again and spent a bit of downtime listening to music and streaming videos on YouTube. At 6pm, I caught part of KNWA's news broadcast, and later watched Wheel of Fortune, which came on at 6:30 on KFSM. I also treated myself to an episode of Wife Swap, in which a Tea Party activist switched places with a woman in a polyamorous relationship. It was definitely interesting to see the culture shock on both sides. After my indulgence in mindless internet/TV, I resumed my homework and logged onto Blogger to write this post. And that's all (he) wrote!